A list of good reads
- Emanuel Moss in Public Books makes a case for taking a realpolitik approach towards all things AI.
- New York Times (splainer gift link) has an interactive deep-dive into the world of Grief Tech—in which people can pay for AI-generated virtual avatars of terminally ill family members to communicate with after they die.
- In light of the ‘tradwife’ social media trend, The Guardian introduces the ‘radwife’, who abandons perfection in favour of ‘good enough’ parenting.
- Also in The Guardian: is the album art for Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ really that offensive?
- Hollywood Reporter celebrates Pixies—the band that drew the blueprint for alternative rock.
- David Sims in The Atlantic (splainer gift link) bemoans the cowardice of live-action remakes of animated films ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ and ‘Lilo & Stitch’, which reflect a crisis of imagination within Hollywood.
- Washington Post (splainer gift link) asks why former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern made a deeply intimate documentary about her marriage.
- Good Food Movement profiles Rajasthan’s Nagori community—whose 4,000-strong dairy network is a key player in Mumbai’s milk economy.
- Sarah Newman in Aeon breaks down how animals provided prehistoric humans with the blueprints for culture.
- BBC News embarks on the scenic route through Taiwan’s epic train ride—traversing through 50 tunnels and 77 bridges.
- Stanley Stewart in Financial Times (splainer gift link) heads to Peru’s Taquile Island, where knitting is the key to a man’s worth.
